Typewriting machine



' 1,571,720 E. B. HESS I TXPEWRITING MACHINE Feb. 2 1926.

Filed Sept. 25, 1925 Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

EDWARD B. HESS,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T ROYAL TYEPWRITER COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPEWRITING MACHINE.

Application filed September 25, 1925. Serial No. 58,550.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. Hnss, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typewriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention herein disclosed relates to card guides of a type similar to that shown in my copending application Serial No. 36,- 370, filed June 11, 1925, and is in some respects an improvement on the.construction shown in said prior application. While the invention is primarily designed to be used in connection with a compact portable machine, such as the Little Royal and is especially adapted for use with such machine, nevertheless it is in no way limited in its application to this particular type of machine.

The invention provides a card guide which has an upper graduated edge adapted to register with the printing line. This guide is carried preferably by the shift frame so that it will shift during the case shift movement of the platen. Preferably independently car ried by the shift frame are two supports upon each of which is mounted a card holding finger. These card holding fingers are each pivoted to the support and may be moved to either of two positions. lVhen in one of its positions one of the card holding fingers forms a continuation of the graduated edge of the card guide. Each of the supports for the fingers and the card guide are preferably independently mounted on the shift frame for both lateral and vertical adjustment.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a typewriting machine disclosing card guide and holding fingers constituting the subject of the invention with both fingers in the position in which they extend across the printing line. I

Figure 2 is a similar view in which both fingers have been moved to the second position and in which the left hand finger has its upper edge forming a continuation of the graduated edge of the card guide.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

It is unnecessary for the purpose of this invention to disclose any appreciable portion of the structure of the typewriting machine. There is therefore only illustrated a portion of the support A'which is or may bethe shift frame which changes position when the platen B is shifted for case shift movement but is stationary relative to the longitudinal movement of the platen.

The card guide 1 is fastened to the support A by screws or bolts 2 which pass through slots 3 large enough in both dimensions to permit both lateral and vertical adjustments of the member 1. This card guide or member 1 has the usual central cut out portion 4 which permits passage of the type bars to the printing point. The upper edge thereof has scale graduations 5 and this edge registers with the printing line of the platen. The ends of the member 1 have outwardly rolled edges 6 to prevent the paper or card from catching thereon during the relative longitudinal movement of the platen and the holding member 1.

A support 7 extends upwardly and has a portion 8 extending toward the left to which is pivoted a. finger 9 by means of, a rivet 10 spaced from the finger by a spring washer 11, thus permitting turning and holding movement of the finger to either of two desired positions. The lower and inner portion of the finger is provided with two shoulders 12 and 13 which cooperate with a pin 14: to stop the finger in its movements to either of its positions. .The finger 9 is curved in conformity with the curvature of the platen and has rolled edges 15 as well as a finger piece 16. When in the position shown in Figure 1 it extends across the printing line and when moved to the Figure 2 position its upper edge coincides wtih the edge of the graduated card holding member 1.

At the opposite side of the member 1 a support 17 is carried by the shift frame A and a similar finger 18 having rolled edges 19 and a finger piece 20 is pivoted thereto by means of a rivet 21 overlying a washer 22. The lower and inner portion of the finger is provided with two shoulders 23 and 2st which cooperate with a pin 25 to limit the movement of the finger in either direc tion.

Each of the supports 7 and 17 is attached to the shift frame by means of bolts or screws 26 which pass through enlarged openings 27 in thesupporting members 7 and 17 respe tively and thereby permit both vertical and lateral adjustment, of said supports and consequently of the paper holding fingers carried thereby. It will be noted that the card holding member 1 and each of the paper fingers may be independently adjusted either vertically or horizontally. In order to permit these adjustments the left hand edge of the finger 18 when in its Figure 1 position is separated slightly from the rolled edge 6 of the member 1 by a space indicated at 28.

It is obivous that minor detail changes may bemade in the precise embodiment of the invention without in any way departing from the spirit thereof. The invention is therefore to be regarded as limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, and two fingers mounted independently of said scale member, one of said fingers being adjacent said central opening and the other being mounted at the extreme end of the scale.

2. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, and two fingers mounted independently of said scale member, one of said fingers being in'nnediately adjacent the right hand side of the type opening and the other finger being located at the extreme left hand end of the scale.

3. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, and two fingers mounted independent- 1y of said scale member, one of said fingers being adjacent said central opening and the other being mounted at the extreme end of the scale, said latter finger being movable to a position wherein it constitutes an exten sion of said scale.

i. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, and two fingers mounted independently of said scale member, one of said fingers being immediately adjacent the right hand side of the type opening and the other finger being located at the extreme left hand end of the scale, said latter finger being movable to a position wherein it constitutes an extension of said scale.

5. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the brinting point, two fingers mounted inde )endently of said scale member, one of said ngers be ing adjacent said central opening and the other being mounted at the extreme end of the scale, and means permitting independent vertical and lateral adjustment of the scale and each of said fingers.

6. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, two fingers mounted independently of said scale member, one of said fingers being immediately adjacent the right hand side of the type opening and the other finger being located at the extreme left hand end of the scale, and means permitting independent vertical and lateral adjustment of the scale and each of said fingers.

7. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, two fingers mounted independently of said member, oneof said fingers being adj acent said central opening and the other being mounted at the extreme end of the scale, said latter finger being movable to a position wherein it constitutes an extension of said scale, and means permitting independent vertical and lateral adjustment of the scale and each of said fingers.

S. A card guide comprising a scale member having a central opening to permit the passage of the type bars to the printing point, twofingers mounted independently of said scale member, one of said fingers being immediately adjacent the right hand side of the typeopening and the other finger being located at the extreme left hand end of the scale. said latter finger being movable to a position wherein it constitutes an extension of said scale. and means permitting independent vertical and lateral adjustment of the scale and each of said fingers.

9. An attachment for typewriting machines comprising a pair of separated guide fingers adapted to extend across and above the printing line and curved rearwardly toward the platen, the space between said fingers permitting the passage of the type bars to the platen, supporting means for said fingers, one finger being located adjacent said space and the other finger at a considerable distance therefrom, a mounting for said latter finger permitting its movement to a sec- 0nd position in which it registers with the printing line, and means permitting independent vertical and lateral adjustment of EDWARD n. HESS. 

